October 25, 2008
The October 25 Halloween show repeatedly asks listeners to keep judgment in human hands. A rushed spreadsheet conversion reportedly committed Barclays to assets it did not intend to buy; Dr. Dave's lesson is that technology may change the work, but it never removes responsibility to review it. His discussion of blogs reaches the same conclusion: alternative voices can expose errors once hidden by media gatekeepers, yet the flood of weak information makes diligence, openness to contrary evidence and personal credibility more important. He remembers watching Soviet engineering footage online with the boys and describes Evil Steve's Halloween animation on the original website. Calls reinforce the philosophy: do not replace a drive before proving it is defective, do not expect security software to override risky consent, treat a failed drive with honest uncertainty and separate the cost of recovering unique data from the vendor's duty to restore licensed software. The show closes its preservation theme by warning that an online backup is useful but must never be the only copy.
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